Honduras

It might be surprising to know, but actually “As of the 2015 elections, Argentina has a higher percentage of women in elected seats in both the National Lower House and the Senate than the world averages: 35.8 percent and 41.7 percent, respectively, in comparison with 22.9 percent and 22.3 percent” (McCay). Something that is often forgotten is the fact that even though inequality might be fought against and protested, without people in politics agreeing with the movement, things will never…

biggest problems. Christian’s story, Was one of the stories that caught my attention the most. His story starts when he was 11 years old. His father was killed by gang members and his mother was forced to go to the U.S, leaving Christian behind in Honduras. It is heartbreaking to know that many mothers are being forced to leave their children behind so they can give them a better future and that most of the mothers never make it back, leaving these children to care for themselves. This then…

The debate over the rights of immigrants or refugees remains unresolved and countries seem to be increasingly hostile towards these groups of individuals. Though the issue of immigration is often debated with emphasis purely on the economic effects of immigration, I believe that often the social side of immigration is forgotten. When we debate legislation, we speak about the jobs that immigrants might take, but we never speak about the way in which an immigrant’s family unit is affected by the…

Although people see open boarders would result as a negative impact on the United States, It would give America an economic boost, helping the needy, and clarify stereotypical myths. Many people think that Immigrants consume this false “American dream” “America is considered a “ land of opportunity” where many Americans believe in liberty, equality, hard work, and eventual prosperity.”(Source E) they see through media and come to America looking for that only to that, only to take away a…

says that “On Aug. 13, 1984, a little black girl with sad brown eyes was carried off a Southwest Airlines flight in Dallas. She was 4 years old and weighed 12 pounds. Very few people had expected her to make it from the Nicaraguan refugee camp in Honduras to Dallas. The little girl was a fighter and wanted to live. A white woman who had watched her televised arrival asked to adopt her. While it was to be a private adoption, attempts were first made to find black, black/Hispanic, or Nicaraguan…

However the path that banana took to get from Honduras all the your local market led to despair and the promise of what could have been in a region of the world where people risk life and death to, ironically, get to the united states for the promise of a better life. Enter the united fruit company…

enhances my tie to my own Indian culture, my clinical experiences strengthen my empathetic understanding of individuals from different cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. One such experience was when I participated in a Global Medical Brigade to Honduras. Most individuals from this community were plagued by parasites and had poor dental health. One of my favorite experiences to remedy this situation, was leading a charla(seminar) in order to teach the younger children about oral hygiene…

After learning more of the water crisis he was motivational to from this nonprofit organization. The efforts from by Waters Without Borders has heavily impacted South Dakota, Africa, Haiti, and Honduras. Waters Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that resides in United States of America but has an international reach where they are dedicated to providing sustainable and safe sources for drinking water. According to their opening statement…

Even after slavery was legally abolished in the nineteenth century, this problem is known to still exist in today’s world. Human trafficking has existed since before the 1400s beginning in Europe with their slave trade in Africa with the Portuguese. Moving along to 1562 and up the British and other countries joined in on the slave trade with Africans. In 1904 an agreement tiled “ International Agreement for the Suppression of White Slave Trade” was signed and this agreement was to protect women,…

organizational resources were lacking to successfully enter the European Markets. Wal-Mart targeted Mexico, Brazil and Argentina as a part of their strategy and they are the three largest countries of population. Then they opened in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica and finally in Chile. This region gives potential to Wal-Mart as it gives future global expansion because of their many consumers, slight barriers and by rapidly strengthening their position in Latin America…